Author: Wayne Lowrance
Date: 13:08:12 08/22/05
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On August 22, 2005 at 12:59:58, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On August 21, 2005 at 23:03:40, Wayne Lowrance wrote: > >>My sincere compliments to zappa and fruit, really terrific. But I am a single >>cpu owner, probobly always will. But I have this feeling that the commercial >>programs (fritz mainly) in 1 cput configuration would strangle zappa and fruit, >>particularily in CC games. Please tell me I am wrong. >>Wayne > > >Remember 7-8 years ago when everyone was saying "Bob, you are wasting your time >on that parallel search stuff, that is for expensive computers, not for PCs. We >are designing for PCs." > >Flash forward. By the end of 2006, most any new computer will have at least two >cores (two processors). And AMD at least will be offering a quad-core processor >early in 06. > >This "SMP stuff" doesn't seem so useless any longer, does it? Anyone that >ignores it, is just ignoring free performance that will be on _every_ machine >within a couple of years... OK, your right Bob, problem is My 1.8 ghz cpu cost me $500 no printer no moniter, keyboard etc....I am confident installing new single cpu and motherboard, but not sure of my self in multiple core/cpu's. And what about cost Thank you WAyne
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